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Thursday, August 5, 2010

I learned this when I went to Amanda Spink workshop. I make a summary from her slide to share it with you. The difference between journal and articles (beside the length) is journal focus more on literature review while conference focus more on results section.

Framework of Journal and Conference

1. Title

Less than 8-9 words

Reflect the entire contents of the paper

2. Author Info
3. Abstract

Introduction/research problem (1-2)

Objective/Research goal (1)

Reserach design (3-4) – where/when/how/what data

Results (3-4)

Conclusion (1)

4. Introduction

300-500 words (3-5 paragraph)

Subheading/Paragraph

Big picture: Motivation - why important/crucial?

Broad information – previous research

Narrower background (need for study)

Summary of problem (selling point)

Research problem - Clear problem statement

Last paragraph: the structure of paper

5. Literature Review/Related Studies

Have topics/subtopics

Begin: Introduction and end with summary

Begin with available literature/analyze each article/organize the review

Strength and weakness of previous study

6. Research Questions/Hypothesis

Big goals – research Goals

2-5 major Research Questions

Research hypothesis – intro is a basis , after state problem, must state hypothesis